latex problems

Birnenpfluecker · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:39 pm Post subject: latex problems

Hi folks,
have a problem with latex. I want to write a letter using class dinbrief (I'm in Germany) and want to get a Lage, 19.4.04.
I should get it with \place{Lage}. But Latex puts only the date in the letter, but not the city (Lage). Any ideas? I'm using tetex2.0.2-r3. \place is usebal with dinbrief.
Have googled a lot for it, but I find only sites where they tell me how to use \place, but no troubleshooting. Hope some of you can help me.

slartibartfasz · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

what is the exact error? can you post the source - or at least the offending part?
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Birnenpfluecker · Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:58 pm Post subject:

when I do
latex Brief.tex I get no error.
But when I view the dvi file, there is only the date but without the city.

amne · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:40 am Post subject:

Moved from OTW to Other Things Gentoo since this doesn't have to potential to turn into a decent flamewar.

slartibartfasz · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:56 am Post subject:

Birnenpfluecker · Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject:

okay here is the complete Brief.tex file

slartibartfasz · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject:

yep - i get the same behavior on my box. the only reference i found to something like this is here:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=dinbrief+place+group:*tex*&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=av64f8.6o4.ln%40Montecristo.Cigarren.de&rnum=4

doesnt seem to help much here - perhaps another mail to the author is due
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Birnenpfluecker · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:45 am Post subject:

Thx, that helps a lot.
We got a new DIN (standard) for that as it seems. The command place is only used when I tell Latex to write the letter after the old Norm.
So it is not a problem of Latex, but of the Norm behind DINBrief.

nephros · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:24 am Post subject:

You could always hand-code the City, am \date{} instead of using the place macro. Thats what I would have done anyway.

Now that this is kind of solved, let's take care about this:

nils_a · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Posts: 16

I dot find it that ugly :roll:

but its a standart.
I use it quite often...
Mostly for formal communications, like the demand note which was given.

Nils

slartibartfasz · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:38 am Post subject:

Birnenpfluecker · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:48 am Post subject:

There is a letter class.
But I'm in Germany and so I use Dinbiref. What do I want with some US-Letter, doesn't fit on german paper for start. (We have DIN A4, yeah I live in good old Germany where everything is normed). Or why would I take on silly US standards????

Hope I assaulted someone for the flamewar :twisted:

And next point to flame

slartibartfasz · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject:

legine · Guru Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 555 Location: Germany

hmm, I use g-brief.
I like it more then Dinbrief. It has a better layout and doesnt wast so much place with your adress like the Din Brief.
It is designed for buisness use, so the Adress is showing up in the envelop window.

I think it is a very good alternative for Dinbrief. Espacially for applies, since you have more Room for your Bodytext.

Maybe this Style doesnt have your Problem?
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